Internal Medicine

Plasma exchange

Questions discussed in this category

When would you initiate exchange transfusion in babesiosis and significant hemolysis?

Is parasitemia >10% and severe hemolysis with Hb less than 7 enough to initiate this?

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Is there a subset of ANCA vasculitis patients for which you would try plasma exchange?

2 Answers available

When should you use caplacizumab in the treatment of acute TTP patients?

1 Answer available

Would you consider PLEX for patients with DAH from SLE-associated capillaritis?

1 Answer available

Papers discussed in this category

N Engl J Med, 2020 Feb 13

Plasma Exchange and Glucocorticoids in Severe ANCA-Associated Vasculitis.

Blood, 2021 Apr 01

Real-world experience with caplacizumab in the management of acute TTP.

Lupus, 2020 Feb 09

Systemic lupus erythematosus and diffuse alveolar hemorrhage, etiology and novel treatment strategies.

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